[GRASS-dev] interferring ovewrite flags [was: [bug #5167] (grass) v.patch: -a(ppend) issues]

[Michael Barton]

R.mask is a shell script, so the -o flag is there to run the underlying
GRASS module with --o.

Is there a better way to do this script programmers?

Michael
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Arizona State University

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> From: Maciej Sieczka <tutey at o2.pl>
> Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 14:08:09 +0200
> Cc: <grass-dev at grass.itc.it>
> Subject: [GRASS-dev] interferring ovewrite flags [was: [bug #5167] (grass)
> v.patch: -a(ppend) issues]
> 
> A followup:
> 
> There are 2 more Grass commands that provide an overwrite flag that
> intereferes with --o:
> 
> r.lake:
> -o Overwrite seed map with result (lake) map
> 
> r.mask
> -o Overwrite existing MASK
> 
> That should be fixed. As weel as the v.patch case.
> 
> In case of this one the use of -o is propably bogus - non of the
> remaining Grass export modules provide an ovewrite flag:
> 
> r.out.gridatb
> -o Overwrite output map file
> 
> The last one, but I'm not sure if the --o flag will interfere, haven't
> checked:
> 
> v.db.connect
> -o Overwrite connection parameter for certain layer
> 
> Maciek
> 
>